Today we tell not one but two stories, both involving the same community in Fannin County, Georgia.
In 1864 two men, brothers-in-law Elisha Stanley and Evan Hughes, became the victims of a gang of violent bushwhackers who terrorized the area during the Civil War, leaving their families to pick up the pieces. Forty years later, in 1906, the Tilley Bend massacre occurred in the same area, causing a local woman, Elizabeth Bradley, known as a “Granny Woman” and healer, to place a curse on the community, in the process creating what may be the most well-known bit of Appalachian folklore in that part of Georgia.
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Maybe it’s me but this font color the article is published with is horrible, please use a darker font instead of a light grey. I would really enjoy reading the article, it’s just too challenging.
Hmmm… We’ve never had anybody mention this before, so, ok, you got it. It’s now darker!
Hi Steve! Thank you so much and and now to enjoy the article, it is much easier to read now. Leslie